SQ Stitch Change Log

Version Date Changes
1.7 1/17/24 The login dialog now includes a button to recover your user name if you have forgotten it.
The data tab now includes a button to back up patterns to local files.
The search options now has a tip for preventing searches from timing out (set the timeout to 0).
1.6.5 2/17/23 Passwords can now be made visible on the login dialog and also on the edit account page.
1.6.3 3/20/22 Fix to an error referencing highlight color.
1.6.2 6/24/21 Email asking to have email address confirmed was being sent every time a user logged in, even after previously confirming.
If a note was added for a day before any stitching was done, subsequent stitches were not counted.
Under certain circumstances, occasional stitches might not be counted.
1.6.1 3/5/21 Added a page reload button and a security indicator (open or closed padlock) at the top of the page since these items are not always visible if you've bookmarked SQ Stitch by saving an icon to the desktop.
1.6 3/4/21 Major change: Provides for converting insecure data to secure. When accessing insecure data, user will be prompted to convert to secure if this has not been done. If it has been done, or the insecure database has not yet been created (in the case of a new user), the program will redirect to a secure connection. See security notes for detailed information.
The statistics now shows the actual number of stitches completed, as well as the percent complete.
The statistics tab now includes a table showing how many stitches there are for each symbol, how many of those have been completed, and how many remain.
A few darker colors have been adding for marking stitches
The location of the last stitch is now remembered from session to session.
The stitch timer has been modified so that instead of showing a disabled "pause" button when stitching is paused, a "play" button is shown. This means that stitching can now be started manually, by clicking the "play" button. The timer will still start automatically when you mark a stitch complete.
Bug fixes:
  • The center arrow sometimes appeared on top of the utility menu. This has been fixed.
  • The pattern key table, which can be edited by the user, was not included in backup and restore.
  • The days-since-last-backup in the backup file should have been 0.
  • If the search color (and sometimes last stitch color) were changed on the options tab, they did not change in the chart.
1.5.1 5/9/20 A message has been added to the one-time login to guide users who have not registered a user name yet.
1.5 3/9/20 Account email and user name are now stored in the local database, and filled in to any form fields where appropriate.
Email and user name will be stored on account creation for new users (email address must be confirmed by clicking a link in an email sent to the address). Existing users will be asked to log in one time to capture their user name and email address, and will also receive an email to confirm the email address.
1.4.2 3/4/20 Pattern restore could garble the data for any day with a comma in the notes. This has been fixed.
Pattern restore was not correctly updating the page size settings.
1.4.1 3/2/20 Performance has been greatly improved for full-pattern operations such as pattern restore or delete, particularly for iOS. (This comes at a minor expense to showing the % complete on the stats tab.)
Captions have been added to the "manage list" function to make what is happening clearer.
A bug has been fixed in which restored options (such as viewport size) did not stick after a new session was started.
Stitching "searched" stitches did not update the stitching statistics. This has been corrected.
1.4 11/23/19 A "Manage list" button has been added to the Patterns tab. It allows you to hide patterns you aren't currently working on to make the list shorter.
A menu has been added to the Chart tab (to the left of the stitch mode bar). It includes options to
  • Lock the scroll bars (formerly on a top-level button).
  • Lock finished stitches. This prevents stitches from being undone if you accidentally brush the screen.
  • Locate (and optionally go to) the next unfinished stitch, either of any symbol, or the symbol of the last stitch taken.
1.3.2 10/2/19 A serialization problem has been fixed (charts got garbled if changes were made too fast).
1.3.1 9/17/19 The "full screen" button had stopped working, and has been fixed.
1.3 8/5/18 There is now an option for the chart to be in color, with symbols against a background of the stitch's color. Completed stitches can also be shown as stitch previews, with a stitch graphic against a background of the stitch's color. These options work best if you choose one or the other, not both. (If the stitch graphic doesn't display, you may need to clear your browser's cache. Do NOT delete browsing data as this deletes your stitching data.)
The centering arrows now appear on all views that include either the center row and/or column (as in the paper charts). They have also been made easier to see.
Stitch completion statistics now are given to one decimal place.
There is now a mode to mark all seached stitches as stitched. The stitch mode buttons (single stitch, block, page, or searched) are now labeled with icons instead of words.
The grid tab (for setting grid line colors) has been moved under the options tab.
On the picture tab, a problem dragging the viewport to the edge of the picture has been fixed.
A problem with resetting passwords has been fixed.
Other minor cosmetic and bug fixes.
1.2.1 10/23/17 Fixed a bug that kept the app from starting in some versions of Safari.
1.2 8/16/17 There is now a mode for permanently marking (or unmarking) a stitch. This can be used to track parked stitches, planned stitches, errors, or anything you like. The "marked stitch" color takes precedent over "done" and "search" colors. It persists from session to session. There is also an option to have marked stitches automatically unmarked when they are stitched.
There is now a way to change the color of a chart's page boundaries (on the Grid tab).
The key for the last color stitched is now displayed at the top of the chart tab.
If you scroll while a search is active, the highlighting is now maintained.
When restoring pattern data, the backed-up data can be pasted into a text box instead of browsing to a file (the file option is still available).
By default, SQ Stitch assumes you have taken a break if no stitches have been marked done in the last 5 minutes. This can now be set to any value from 1 to 20 minutes. There is also a button to pause the stitch timer whenever you like on the Chart tab. (Timing automatically resumes when you take a stitch.)
The options tab has been reorganized to make it work better on small screens.
Several other cosmetic changes and bug fixes.
1.1.1 7/16/17 The link to reset a forgotten password did not work on touchscreens.
1.1 6/30/17 There is now a periodic reminder to back up your pattern. The default is every 5 days. You can change the interval or disable the reminder (not recommended).
A "multistitch" setting has been added to the options tab. When on, this allows you, after clicking one stitch to mark it done, to mark additional highlighted stitches as done by mousing over them. This feature is not available with touch.
Better error checking on Options settings.
Bug fixes on the Key tab.
1.0.2 4/7/17 If you opened first one, then another pattern in a session, the symbols were not reinitialized.
Cosmetic changes on the Picture and Options tabs.
Fixed an error message that occurred when linking patterns if you had the same pattern (usually the free pattern) under more than one email address.
The links on the "404" page ("page not found") have been corrected.
Made changes to make the login dialog clearer.
1.0.1 3/29/17 Added a check for private or incognito browsing (doesn't work in all environments). Permanent data storage is not allowed in private or incognito mode (it may appear to work but data will be gone in the next session).